A collaborative approach to lean laboratory workstation design reduces wasted technologist travel.

abstract：:This review summarizes our experience using blinded review as a method to measure quality in surgical pathology. It details the specifics about how the review is performed, the weaknesses in the method, and then summarizes our results so far. These results suggest that error rates correlate with the individual patholo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Renshaw AA,Gould EW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-month-old girl, whose parents are first cousins, was hospitalized following a series of severe infections. Results of functional granulocytic tests permitted the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease (lack of nitroblue tetrazolium dye reduction, impaired bactericidal activity for Staphylococcus aureus but no...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corberand J,De Larrard B,Vergnes H,Carrière JP

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation studies are usually performed in either electrical impedance or optical systems and the release reaction assessed by quantitating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from luminesence produced by the firefly luciferin-luciferase system. In evaluating the results of such studies, attention is paid to a var...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sweeney JD,Labuzetta JW,Fitzpatrick JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid bed (TB) lesions is a common diagnostic modality in monitoring patients for recurrent cancer after a thyroidectomy. To elucidate the value of TB FNA, we reviewed our experience at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. We identified 57 TB FNA specimens from 50 patients. Of t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bishop JA,Owens CL,Shum CH,Ali SZ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive renal biopsy specimens were evaluated by light histology using paraffin and glycol methacrylate embedding. The clarity of the renal structures was found to be much better, and the renal lesions better defined, using glycol methyacrylate embedding. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Agodoa LC,Striker GE,Chi E

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although papillary forms of intraductal cancer are a common component of amny mammary cancers, invasive papillary cancer of the breast is relatively rare. Only 35 examples were encountered in the specimens obtained from 1603 women participating in a prospective randomized study of invasive mammary cancer. Contingency-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fisher ER,Palekar AS,Redmond C,Barton B,Fisher B

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer software package written in Dibol for a PDP 8/E computer is described that is designed for the needs of the cytology department of a moderate-sized private medical laboratory. Computerized accessioning of cases, report preparation and printing, historical filing, activity summary reports, and direct patient...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ashworth CT,McConnell TH,Ashworth RD,Nielsen CR,Sanford J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An intraoperative consultation (IOC) checklist was developed and implemented aimed at standardizing slide labeling and monitoring metrics central to quality and safety in surgical pathology. DESIGN:Data were collected for all IOC cases over a 9-month period. Slide labeling defect rates and IOC turnaround ti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen Y,Anderson KR,Xu J,Goldsmith JD,Heher YK

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon hospital admission a patient was found to have severe anemia and a strongly positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). The patient was taking probenecid periodically for gout. An antibody was detected in the patient's serum that only reacted with red blood cells (RBCs) when probenecid was added. Eluates from the pa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Sosler SD,Behzad O,Garratty G,Lee CL,Postoway N,Khomo O

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to population growth, aging, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite significant burden, resources for diagnosis and treatment of LPDs are limited, with little infrastructure to deliver modern patholog...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Montgomery ND,Liomba NG,Kampani C,Krysiak R,Stanley CC,Tomoka T,Kamiza S,Dhungel BM,Gopal S,Fedoriw Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable progress has been achieved in our knowledge of the function of the chemokine system and in understanding its role in the pathophysiology of human diseases. This complex system, presently including approximately 50 cytokines and 20 receptors, coordinates leukocyte recruitment in a variety of human diseases...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Locati M,Bonecchi R,Corsi MM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The metaplastic intestinal epithelium in Barrett esophagus (BE) occasionally contains Paneth cells; however, little is known regarding the prevalence and significance of Paneth cell metaplasia (PCM) in BE. METHODS:We evaluated 757 esophageal biopsy specimens with intestinal metaplasia (IM) for PCM. Outcome ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen W,Frankel WL,Cronley KM,Yu L,Zhou X,Yearsley MM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions of the breast containing extravasated mucin span a continuum from benign mucoceles to invasive mucinous (colloid) carcinoma. It is well known that distinguishing benign from malignant mucinous lesions is difficult infine-needle aspiration material. Whether these lesions also are difficult to distinguish in cor...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Renshaw AA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of anti-Rh29 by erythrocytic stroma in feces was devised as a specific test for fecal occult blood. The sensitivity of this test was equivalent to that of a standard Hemoccult test, namely, 10(8) erythrocytes/g feces. Comparison of results of this test with results of Hemoccult tests of random stool specime...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Rosenfield RE,Kochwa S,Kaczera Z,Maimon J

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pathogenic free-living amebae (FLAs) cause skin, ocular, and central nervous system (CNS) infections with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis of FLA infections by pathologic examination of tissue sections can be aided using molecular assays. This study investigated the performance characteristics ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Norgan AP,Sloan LM,Pritt BS

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) was measured in 515 healthy white women and 28 obligate carriers for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. There was substantial overlap between the control and carrier populations. To analyze the impact of the degree of overlap, the predictive value of a CK result was determined by (1) using sensiti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Gruemer HD,Miller WG,Chinchilli VM,Leshner RT,Blasco PA,Hassler CR,Nance WE

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical techniques applied to fresh frozen sections of metastatic malignant melanoma tissue revealed abundant fibrinogen (or fibrin I) in perivascular areas throughout the tumor connective tissue stroma. Fibrin was readily detected in a focal distribution in the connective tissue around nodules of viable t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Wojtukiewicz MZ,Zacharski LR,Memoli VA,Kisiel W,Kudryk BJ,Rousseau SM,Stump DC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has halted in-person medical student education in many large academic centers, including the University of Washington. We identified a unique opportunity to bring comprehensive and targeted anatomic pathology training to large numbers of medical students who would not re...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Parker EU,Chang O,Koch L

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased frequency of hyperamylasemia has previously been reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, but studies determined total amylase activity and were performed before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We evaluated the frequency of pancreatic hyper...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Szőke D,Ridolfo A,Valente C,Galli M,Panteghini M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum and urine samples from 161 cases of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) and 50 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were analyzed for monoclonal immunoglobulin (MIg) by using a combination of high-resolution protein electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis, and immunofixation. Quantitative immunoglobulin analysis als...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Hansen DA,Robbins BA,Bylund DJ,Piro LD,Saven A,Ellison DJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the data for the 1969 to 1973 CAP Surveys of proficiency in partial thromboplastin time (PTT) determination indicates more than desirable variability in this measurement. Non-activated procedures show greater interlaboratory variability than activated methods; therefore, they may be preferable for routine ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koepke JA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old white man previous diagnosed as having Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia continued with persistent fevers and sweats for two and a half years. Recently, repeated automated differentials during 11 days of hospitalization failed to note any intracellular inclusions in the RBCs. Blood sent to the Microbiology...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bruckner DA,Garcia LS,Shimizu RY,Goldstein EJ,Murray PM,Lazar GS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal transferase (TdT) activity and antigen have been measured in 267 specimens of human bone marrow and peripheral blood by using a biochemical assay for enzymatic activity and an immunofluorescence test for antigen. Oligo p(dA)50 and dGTP were used as reagents in the biochemical assay and either rabbit anti-calf...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cibull ML,Coleman MS,Nelson O,Hutton JJ,Gordon D,Bollum FJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with isolated trisomy 4 is rare. Associations with KIT mutations on chromosome 4q12 have been documented. The clinicopathologic features and mutational status of KIT, FLT3, NPM1, CEBPA, and RAS were assessed in 13 AML cases with isolated trisomy 4. There were 9 men and 4 women with a media...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bains A,Lu G,Yao H,Luthra R,Medeiros LJ,Sargent RL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overuse of laboratory tests is a persistent issue. We examined the use and overuse of serum immunofixation electrophoresis and serum free light chain assays to develop an algorithm for optimizing utilization. METHODS:A retrospective review of all tests, for investigation of monoclonal gammopathies, for all ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Heaton C,Vyas SG,Singh G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Same-day turnaround of pathology specimens is desirable in this era of managed care, and rapid microwave tissue processing produces histologic features of a quality equivalent to overnight processing. We studied whether microwave-assisted rapid tissue processing adversely affects the quality of immunohistochemical sta...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Emerson LL,Tripp SR,Baird BC,Layfield LJ,Rohr LR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Criteria for assessing adequacy of cervicovaginal smears according to the Bethesda System include cellular composition and quantity, specimen preservation, fixation, and absence of obscuring elements. The reproducibility of adequacy assessment using these parameters was the focus of this study. Specimens were chosen t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Spires SE,Banks ER,Weeks JA,Banks HW,Davey DD

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venography was performed on fifty-six patients suspected of having deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the legs. The accuracy of the D-dimer measurement in plasma using two latex tests and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was compared with that of usual determination of total fibrin(ogen) degradation products ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bounameaux H,Schneider PA,Reber G,de Moerloose P,Krahenbuhl B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To examine the relationship between the recently defined Gleason grade groups and prostate cancer-specific mortality. Methods:If the probability of prostate cancer-specific death is symbolized as P(PSD), the probability of biochemical failure is symbolized as P(BF), and the probability of prostate cancer-sp...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Vollmer RT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory Branch Complement Fixation and FIAX (fluorescence immunoassay) were compared for the detection of antibodies to herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus in human sera. Of 68 sera with no antibodies to herpes simplex virus by complement fixation, one specimen was positive by FIAX (specificity, 98.6%). Of 75 ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Segar JE,Smith TF,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00